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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1940.

2. Who gave White a baby seagull in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Mr. Dameron.
(b) Mrs. Dameron.
(c) Ms. Jameson.
(d) Mr. Jameson.

3. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?
(a) The disabled.
(b) The poor.
(c) The unemployed.
(d) The elderly.

4. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?
(a) Musical.
(b) No.
(c) Historical.
(d) Significant.

5. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?
(a) Incoming.
(b) Partial.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?

2. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?

3. What event had White visited in "The World of Tomorrow"?

4. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?

5. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?

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